Motorhead's Lemmy tried to get Kim Wilde drunk on vodka
Kim, 64, met the late heavy metal legend - who died from prostate cancer along with cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure at the age of 70 in 2015 - at the start of her career and notorious boozer kept topping up her cup in a bid to get her tipsy.
However, Kim's chaperone dragged her away, although the pop icon considers Lemmy to have been an "absolute sweetheart".
Kim - who launched her pop career in 1981 at the age of 20 following the release of 'Kids in America' - explained to The Big Issue magazine: "I was very lucky. Both of the record companies that I worked for at the time got me travelling.
"When I was travelling, that's when I needed looking after. And they were always there. So, I was, sort of, chaperoned, I would say, very wisely and with a lot of fun.
"There was one time where I was in a dressing room with Lemmy from Motörhead, oh God. And he was trying to get me drunk on vodka. He poured it into a plastic cup so you couldn't see how much was in there.
"My chaperone, or the lady that works at the record company, Moira, she dragged me out.
"She wouldn't let me. But he was an absolute sweetheart really."
Kim insists the support of the team that was around her throughout her career has put her in a "really good" place in terms of finances.
The ''Never Trust a Stranger' hitmaker explained: "I'd tell my younger self you need to surround yourself as much as possible with people who you can trust.
"I would say, always trust your instincts about people who you're working with, and ask lots of questions.
"I was very fortunate in that I've always worked with people who I trust implicitly, and that has made a huge difference to the quality of my life, not just personally, but, you know, financially. It's given me a lot of security.
"I would say that on the whole, I've had a really positive experience, and it's put me in a really good place."
However, Kim - whose dad is the 50s and 60s pop legend Marty Wilde, 86 - had to deal with the "roller coaster effect" of her career, with the ups and downs causing her mental health to take a "battering" and her confidence to be "absolutely crushed".
The 1983 BRIT Award-winner for British Female Solo Artist admitted: "It's been a roller coaster of a career. When things are going really well, it's really great fun, and everyone's vibing and, yeah, you get to share that.
"And then, of course, as soon as that dips down, you can have some really tough times.
"I really had to get used to the roller coaster effect of my career.
"My mental health took a bit of a battering. Sometimes my confidence got absolutely crushed on many occasions. I really had to dig deep to rise above that and get on with life and figure out what was important for me."
And Kim believes the "negative aspects" of her music career were a "great gift".
She continued: "So all the chat about the negative aspects of my career now I realise was a great gift that I learned valuable lessons from."
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